Word: legalizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...legal background is not exactly fudge, though it notably lacks the hard center of juridical experience to be expected of a federal judge. That deficiency has never budged Francis Xavier Morrissey from his deep-seated ambition to win a life appointment to the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts...
...nation." His antics prompted ailing President Cemal Gursel, 70, head of the junta that overthrew Menderes, to hint that if Demirel tries strong-arm tactics now or after the election, the military will force him to desist. "We are not a mature nation," said Gursel. "We take many roads, legal and illegal and sometimes dangerous, to exploit the people. I promise that no one ever again will have enough power to make the country turn back to the dark past...
...Isser Unterman, twelve black-coated rabbis solemnly recited their afternoon prayers and then sold several thousand acres of Israeli farm land to a smiling Arab sheik in return for his promissory note for 500,000 Israeli pounds. In exchange for a deposit of $17 down, the rabbis handed over legal ownership of the property to Abdullah Abu Kishek, then toasted the transaction with soda...
...behalf of Orthodox Jewish farmers who intend to observe Shemittah, the sabbatical "year of release" that began last week on Rosh Hashanah. During the year, according to the Law, all land owned by Jews in Palestine must lie fallow.* That way lies bankruptcy; so Jews have resorted to the legal maneuver of giving full title to their property to a non-Jew, who is not bound by the Halakah. This enables the Jews to work the land with a free conscience...
...substantial minority of Orthodox Jews transfer their property through the chief rabbinate to an accommodating Arab. Because of pressure from religious parties, the Israeli government ordered the rabbinate to sell all public lands as well for the duration of Shemittah. During the sabbatical year, Abdullah thus will be legal owner of more than 1,000,000 acres of Israel soil...